"What do we got?" The grey and light Relay operative asked his partner as he walked into the dark room with a two-way mirror. The female agent had her hands on her hips as she looked at the detained frame sitting on the other side. A Nidus frame drummed its grey fingers on the dull brown table.

"oh void dammit another Nidus?" He complained, and his partner nodded with an emphatic

"Yep." She crossed her arms

"What is it this time contraband, Trolling?" He asked, and she laughed

"He wants to go to the pony planet." She said finding the whole situation amusing.

The male facepalmed then hit the intercom button. "Tenno do you know why you we detained you?" The infected frame looked down at his hands then at the glass.

"Because we wanted to see the ponies?" He asked unsurely.

"No, sir. Your Frame is on the banned list. You pose a biological threat to that planet." He tried to explain. The Nidus unfurled all its fleshy bits.

"BUT ALL FRAMES ARE OF SAME FLESH." IT spoke in multiple voices at once like a recording echoing, and It never failed to unnerve the agents.

"But your frame is made of the active infested material, change Frames, and we can grant you access to Equus." He explained, but the Nidus hugged itself protectively.

"We are one! We ARE NIDUS!" It changed into that infected voice midway, and the whole frame wiggled. The agent's partner shuddered.

"God I hate when they go all symbiotic on us." You could hear the grimace from under her mask.

"WE JUST WANT TO SEE THE CUTE LITTLE PONIES" IT cooed.

"Tenno whats your name?" He asked getting more nervous by the second; This was beyond the usual Venom Cosplay. It banged it's fist on the table smashing it in two. IT grabbed his head and trashed about howling like an animal.

"Call for back up!" The man shouted when a pink tendril smashed through the glass spearing his partner through the chest. "By the Void!" The Nidus pulled her through the broken glass into himself. He watched in horror as she disappeared with the sound of snapping and grinding. The agent ran towards the door when a path of infection flung out ensnaring his legs tripping him into the pink biomatter. He struggled as Maggots crawled over him. Then he heard a thump as IT jumped over into the room standing over him.

"WHAT ARE YOU?" He shouted reaching for his sidearm. The Nidus's opened face plate dripped as IT walked up crouching over him.

"WE TOLD YOU, WE ARE NIDUS!" IT grabbed the agent by the face ripping him from the infected floor. "AND WE ARE HUNGRY!" The agent screamed as IT opened Nidus's face. The screaming didn't stop for a long time.

Several Relay agents storm down a hallway towards the detainment block armed with Latrons rifles and Corinth shotguns. They hear the screaming stop as they position themselves outside the silver auto door. The two in front look at each other giving the signal to breach. When the door opened a horror show was waiting. Infested material covered the once clean room. Blood covered the floor leading to a Nidus Frame feasting on an agent. IT looked up from the half-eaten agent's ribcage and squealed happily.

"Open Fire!" The breaching agent commanded. IT threw out his hand coating an agent on the left with a grey infection that boiled out in pink boils. The others fire striking Nidus in the head. They watched as the infected agent died from a bullet wound in the head.

"We need a Tenno!" One shouted before a Tendril latched onto him dragging him screaming into the room. The remaining three agents tried to run, only for IT to rear back a two head infected scythe. A wave of green acid washed over the unlucky one who didn't run faster. He dissolved trying to scramble for his life. The remaining Female agent ran to the panic button on the wall, as the male fired a Corinth shotgun down the hall. She slammed the blue button and Alarms blared throughout the relay. The lights turned red the shotgun blasts stopped, and she heard the door close.

"Is he contained?" She asked breathing heavy leaning on the wall. A cold chill went down her spine when she didn't get a response. Something dripped on her shoulder and she let out a whimper. She looked up to see IT standing over her quivering still hungry. Blood and pink infected mucus dripped from IT's face.

"Tenno?" She whimpered

"No." IT whispered back.

Her screams echoed through the Relay. Blood splashed a window showing Equus in the distant void of space. IT looked up at the green and blue planet obscured by crimson.

"PONIES..." IT whispered reaching out to wipe the blood showing the planet more clearly. It put a leg into it's infested maw ripping off a fat chunk as IT admired its next destination.

Author's Note

You wanted Nidus
He's here